CONvergence 2024: Full Schedule

12:30pm CDT

Collections

Thursday July 4, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT

What do you collect? How do you deal with cost, space, and so on? How do you build a collection? Participants: Amanda Lynn Bliss, Remy Corso, John A. Shea, Mary Elizabeth Sterling, Melissa Kaercher (mod)

Thursday July 4, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
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Panel

Tags fan

2:00pm CDT

Game Grumps Jeopardy

Thursday July 4, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT

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Bienvenu! Do you think you know the most about our beloved Grump and Not So Grump? Come on down to Game Grumps Jeopardy! This game will feature questions for old and new fans alike! Participation is not required. Participants: Tabitha Moore, Ian Appold, Calico Smith-O'Brian

Thursday July 4, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
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Activity

Tags comedy, gaming

3:30pm CDT

Weird Al Yankovic Fan Panel

Thursday July 4, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

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Participants: Dave Margosian, Mark Lundberg, Edward Eastman, Miss Shannan Paul, Margaret Eastman (mod)

Thursday July 4, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
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Panel

Tags fan, GoH, music

5:00pm CDT

It's OK to Be Bad

Thursday July 4, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT

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You can't be a great artist or writer at the beginning, and it's ok to do something just because you enjoy it. What motivates you to continue? Participants: Jon Stark Olsen, Kate MacEachern, Charlene Holm, Al Kaye, A L Raden (mod)

Thursday July 4, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
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Panel

Tags art, writing

7:00pm CDT

Why Do We Need Horror?

Thursday July 4, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT

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Horror as a genre speaks to us all in different ways. Fear is human, so tasting of that fear is a universal experience. Why do we seek out being scared? What lessons does the genre teach us? Participants: Skazka, Ruby Baker, Charlene Holm, Brian Forrest (mod), Scott Kevin Jamison

Thursday July 4, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
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Panel

Tags horror, social

8:30pm CDT

In Memoriam - Film

Thursday July 4, 2024 8:30pm - 9:30pm CDT

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Find out who we lost this year in genre film and get some recommendations from the panel on what work to seek out. Participants: Garrick A Dietze (mod), Melissa Sue Kaercher, Kelvin Hatle, Megan M Slawson

Thursday July 4, 2024 8:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
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Panel

Tags movie, TV

10:00pm CDT

CONvergence Does JackBox

Thursday July 4, 2024 10:00pm - 11:00pm CDT

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Come vote for your favorite nerdy answers in the audience as you watch the panel play a variety of JackBox fill-in-the-blank games. Participants: Nick Glover, Molly Glover, Mike Dee, Nikki Armstrong (mod), Eric Thompson, Hedy Rand-McKay

Thursday July 4, 2024 10:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
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Activity

Tags comedy, gaming

11:30pm CDT

Smut Appreciation Panel

Thursday July 4, 2024 11:30pm - Friday July 5, 2024 12:30am CDT

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Thanks to self-publishing, Kindle Unlimited, and BookTok, it feels like a smut golden age. Join us for conversation and recommendations (tropes, authors, platforms, communities, etc.)! **mature content** Participants: Windy Bowlsby (mod), Barb Lind, Kay King, Rhea Sayotovich

Thursday July 4, 2024 11:30pm - Friday July 5, 2024 12:30am CDT
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Panel

Tags inclusivity, fan, social

9:30am CDT

Adults Like It Too

Friday July 5, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am CDT

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A discussion of media made for kids or teens but is also appealing to adults--Animaniacs, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, etc. Participants: Sam August Miller, Viga (mod), Mark James McPherson, J.R. Dawson

Friday July 5, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am CDT
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Panel

Tags animation, TV, movie, kid, teen

11:00am CDT

Year in MCU

Friday July 5, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT

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Another year, another parade of Marvel movies and television. Let's discuss the latest developments in the MCU. Participants: Peter M Avirom (mod), Mark Lundberg, Danielle Elise Maser, Elisabeth Hazelton

Friday July 5, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
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Panel

Tags MCU, fan, superhero

12:30pm CDT

Godzilla Minus One Fan Panel

Friday July 5, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT

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Participants: Madeline Gasper, Christopher Daniels (mod), Scott Kevin Jamison, Melissa Kaercher, Eric Karn

Friday July 5, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
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Panel

Tags movie, current

2:00pm CDT

Andor Fan Panel

Friday July 5, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT

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Participants: Erik Nyberg (mod), Skazka, Eric Zawadzki, Scott Saunders

Friday July 5, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
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Panel

Tags TV, current, fan, Star Wars

3:30pm CDT

Good Omens, Season 2 Fan Panel

Friday July 5, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

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Participants: Cetius d'Raven (mod), Eiryn Hegland, SaraBeth Ray, Penguin E, Kathleen Nicole Addams

Friday July 5, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
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Panel

Tags fan, TV, current

5:00pm CDT

Things I Learned the Hard Way

Friday July 5, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT

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When you first start GMing, things might not always go so well. That's normal but can be hard to overcome. Learn from some veterans how to cope with the expected unexpected. Participants: TK, Roger C Mlynczak, Annie Fleschner (mod), Jacob Evert Borgmann, Eric Zawadzki

Friday July 5, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
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Panel

Tags gaming, RPG

7:00pm CDT

Funniest Japanese Commercials

Friday July 5, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT

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What do Tommy Lee Jones, pasta aliens, and the length of gummy candy have to do with each other? They are part of the funniest hour of Japanese commercials! Participants: Viga

Friday July 5, 2024 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
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Presentation

Tags anime, comedy, TV

8:30pm CDT

A Little Story of Hollywood

Friday July 5, 2024 8:30pm - 9:30pm CDT

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Come ask Susanna Malak questions about her career as an actor and her life as a little person in Hollywood! Participants: Susanna Malak

Friday July 5, 2024 8:30pm - 9:30pm CDT
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Panel

Tags GoH, inclusivity

10:00pm CDT

Weird Crushes

Friday July 5, 2024 10:00pm - 11:00pm CDT

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Ever catch yourself crushing on an unsavory character? Maybe Rumplestiltskin gets your spinning wheel turning. Does vampire sheriff Eric Northman get your blood boiling? Join our panelists and delve into dark and maybe not so healthy desires. Participants: Lindsey Wollan (mod), Christina Gregerson, Tyronne Davidson, Anne Rementer, Christi Farris

Friday July 5, 2024 10:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
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Presentation

Tags fan, social

11:30pm CDT

The Blue Mug

Friday July 5, 2024 11:30pm - Saturday July 6, 2024 12:30am CDT

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Want to learn about the sex lives of Gargoyles? Want to know who was hooking up with whom among the heroes of Young Justice? Then join us at this absolutely inappropriate-by-design panel, where no question is too risque. **mature content** Participants: Greg Weisman, Thom Adcox-Hernandez

Friday July 5, 2024 11:30pm - Saturday July 6, 2024 12:30am CDT
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Panel

Tags GoH

9:30am CDT

Great British Bake Off Fan Panel

Saturday July 6, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am CDT

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Participants: Renee Petersen, Elizabeth Reynolds, Raederle Gabrielle Sterling (mod), Mary Elizabeth Sterling, Nikki Armstrong

Saturday July 6, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am CDT
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Panel

Tags cooking, fan, TV, inclusivity, theme

11:00am CDT

Sympathy for the Devil

Saturday July 6, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT

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What characters portrayed as villains did you agree or sympathize with? What makes you root for the bad guy? Participants: Jennifer Lee Lundstrom, Kate MacEachern, Aimee Kuzenski, Cetius d'Raven (mod), Nikki Armstrong

Saturday July 6, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
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Panel

Tags book

12:30pm CDT

Geeks Without God

Saturday July 6, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT

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A local godless and geeky comedy podcast that first recorded at CONvervence in 2012! Tim, Molly, and Nick will record two episodes live at the convention! Participants: Molly Glover, Nick Glover, Tim Wick

Saturday July 6, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
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Performance

Tags podcast, comedy, recording

2:00pm CDT

Guys, Let's Talk

Saturday July 6, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT

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Polling shows U.S. women are at least twice as likely than men to talk regularly to friends about their mental health. Roughly 40 percent of men say they've never talked with anyone about their mental health. Men struggling with mental health: let's talk. Participants: Andrew Meyer, Ian Cross, John White, Ben San Del (mod)

Saturday July 6, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
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Panel

Tags social, inclusivity, theme, *new

3:30pm CDT

I LOL'd

Saturday July 6, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

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A discussion of fantasy and science fiction stories and media that are also hilarious. Participants: Hannibal Grim, Jon Stark Olsen, William J Leisner, Staci Corcoran (mod), Dana Baird

Saturday July 6, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
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Panel

Tags comedy, book, TV, movie, comic

5:00pm CDT

Baking is Serenity

Saturday July 6, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT

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A discussion of cooking and baking as self-care. Participants: Sean Eberle, Kelly Jo Fredrickson (mod), Staci Corcoran, Jenny McElroy, KitKat

Saturday July 6, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
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Panel

Tags cooking

7:00pm CDT

Mega Panel

Saturday July 6, 2024 7:00pm - 9:30pm CDT

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The panel where we talk about anything and everything *except* the CONvergence Masquerade. If you are interested in everything *except* the Masquerade, this is the panel for you! Participants: Molly Glover, Jeremy Stomberg, Nick Glover, Melissa Sue Kaercher, Nikki Armstrong

Saturday July 6, 2024 7:00pm - 9:30pm CDT
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Panel

Tags comedy, misc

10:00pm CDT

Monsters of Sex

Saturday July 6, 2024 10:00pm - 11:00pm CDT

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A discussion of sex with monsters and monsters affiliated with the sex act. **mature content** Participants: Sam August Miller (mod), Skazka, Mordecai Mika, Elliott Kios Dean, Lathan Murrell

Saturday July 6, 2024 10:00pm - 11:00pm CDT
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Panel

Tags horror

11:00am CDT

The Creative Continuum, The Superteam of Arts Disciplines

Sunday July 7, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT

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Many art forms bleed into each other during the creative process. In the space these artforms merge, true innovation invigorates and evolves. Join Carlos Hernandez for a discussion of this world of interstitial arts and the fruitful bleed between genres. Participants: Carlos Hernandez

Sunday July 7, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
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Panel

Tags writing, art, GoH

12:30pm CDT

I Know It's Terrible But I Love It Anyway

Sunday July 7, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT

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Let's talk about your guilty pleasures in movies, television, novels, and anything else that comes to mind. Participants: Patrick W Marsh (mod), Ruby Baker, Wendy Fossum, Janelle Kloth, F. D. Lee

Sunday July 7, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
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Panel

Tags fan

2:00pm CDT

What's Your Comfort Media?

Sunday July 7, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT

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What media do you turn to when you've had a bad day? What about it centers or resets you? Participants: Jason Richard Klietz (mod), Katherine Jo Pysick, Hannibal Grim, Staci Corcoran

Sunday July 7, 2024 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
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Panel

Tags fan, movie, book, TV, comic, music

3:30pm CDT

OK...I'm Done

Sunday July 7, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

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What's your line in the sand for no longer supporting a fandom, franchise, performer, etc.? What made you tap out, decide to stay, or continue to enjoy previous things but not anything new? Can you separate art from artist? What if they're dead? Participants: Sam Willson, Cetius d'Raven (mod), KitKat

Sunday July 7, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
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Panel

Tags social